Archive for July, 2008

State of the Nation Address (SONA) 2008

(Full text of the State of the Nation Address, popularly known as the SONA, delivered by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on 28 July 2008. The SONA is given by the President before a joint session of both houses of Congress, pursuant to Article VII, Section 23 of the 1987 Constitution, which reads: “The President shall address [...]

Supreme Court promotes mediation and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms

As the Philippine judiciary continues to battle with hundreds of thousands of cases pending before it, the Supreme Court of the Philippines through the Justice Reform Initiatives Support (JURIS) Project promotes the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanisms to help de-clog the court dockets.